Sulwath Connections Landscape Project

Dumfries and Galloway Council is working with and on behalf of 28 Partners to develop the Sulwath Connections Landscape Project.

The Sulwath Connections Landscape Project area covers the coastlands and river valleys of the Scottish Solway between Langholm and Stranraer and has been awarded Stage 2 approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund a part of the process of developing a £3.9 million programme of improvements.

The Sulwath Connections Landscape Project comprises a linked programme of 20 projects covering themes as diverse as riparian habitat management, disabled fishing access, access enhancement and conservation of historic churchyards.

All in a Name - Sulwath Connections

The name "Sulwath" is the ancient name for the Solway Estuary.  This is reputed to date back to a settlement to the east of Annan and it was therefore a name specific to the Scottish side of the Solway Firth.  Sol is a term, common to Anglo-Saxon and to the Norse languages, for mud.  Anglo-Saxon woeth - Norse vad or vath, a frequent suffix in Icelandic local names - is a word for ford.